Association of the frequency of pre-end-stage renal disease medical care with post-end-stage renal disease mortality and hospitalization | Zendy

Jun Lu | Zendy; Miklos Z. Molnar | Zendy; Keiichi Sumida | Zendy; Charles Dyer Diskin | Zendy; Elani Streja | Zendy; Omer Siddiqui | Zendy; Kamyar KalantarZadeh | Zendy; Csaba P. Kövesdy | Zendy

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Association of the frequency of pre-end-stage renal disease medical care with post-end-stage renal disease mortality and hospitalization

Author(s) -

Jun Lu,

Miklos Z. Molnar,

Keiichi Sumida,

Charles Dyer Diskin,

Elani Streja,

Omer Siddiqui,

Kamyar KalantarZadeh,

Csaba P. Kövesdy

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

nephrology dialysis transplantation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654

H-Index - 168

eISSN - 1460-2385

pISSN - 0931-0509

DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfx192

Subject(s) - medicine , end stage renal disease , stage (stratigraphy) , disease , end stage kidney disease , intensive care medicine , kidney disease , paleontology , biology

Previous studies have demonstrated that early pre-end-stage renal disease (ESRD) nephrology care could improve postdialysis prognosis. However, less is known about the specific types of interventions responsible for the improved outcomes. We hypothesized that more frequent predialysis laboratory testing is associated with better postdialysis outcomes in incident ESRD patients.

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